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this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control. the latest blow to the regime came by way of the internet video. i have deflected claimed the former head of the syrian police. the army transformed to gangs and killing. committing massacre against the unarmed people two went out and demand liberty. the latest video showing eight children and a dozen more adults amountedly killed by the regime showing russia unyielding support of assad appears to be cracking ever so slightly to bring renewed talks of some deal to move assad out. the downward psychoto war is grave concern to israeli leaders who fear most the regime chemical weapons falling in the hands of hezbollah or jihadist. today, relia
this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control. the latest blow to the regime came by way of the internet video....
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this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control. the latest blow to the regime came by way of the internet video. i have deflected claimed the former head of the syrian police. the army transformed to gangs and killing. committing massacre against the unarmed people two went out and demand liberty. the latest video showing eight children and a dozen more adults amountedly killed by the regime showing russia unyielding support of assad appears to be cracking ever so slightly to bring renewed talks of some deal to move assad out. the downward psychoto war is grave concern to israeli leaders who fear most the regime chemical weapons falling in the hands of hezbollah or jihadist. today, relia
this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control. the latest blow to the regime came by way of the internet video....
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this is president bashar assad's forces shelled the city of aleppo. in the past 24 hours, two syrian aircraft shut down by rebels a helicopter and a jet. back with the panel. charles? >> the reason the administration is now going to change the policy, has to because the ground is shifting in the war. up until now the rebels taken lan but couldn't hold it the ground now is turkey and aleppo. every time they go to damascus and seized for example military bases, they are only able to hold it for a day or two because of air power. what just happened is that there is a huge strategic shift. the rebels now have shoulder-held missiles that can bring down a helicopter. and a plane. when that happened in the afghan war against the soviets, the soviets lost. that was a great strategic change. once the russians lost control of the air, the war was essentially over. that is happening right now. because of that, i think the feeling is what has bob a back and forth, tailmate, looks as if the advantage for rebels there is no reason it should not. result is fault of
this is president bashar assad's forces shelled the city of aleppo. in the past 24 hours, two syrian aircraft shut down by rebels a helicopter and a jet. back with the panel. charles? >> the reason the administration is now going to change the policy, has to because the ground is shifting in the war. up until now the rebels taken lan but couldn't hold it the ground now is turkey and aleppo. every time they go to damascus and seized for example military bases, they are only able to hold it...
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in damascus today, assad met with the foreign minister of russia-- one of syria's few ria's few assad promised, again, to end the bloodshed. but today his forces pressed their assault on the city of homs-- a rebel stronghold. this video from the rebels appears to show a building under attack. the assad government has banned independent reporting, but our clarissa ward was able to get into northern syria to a ame forn that we can't name for security reasons. she is with the rebels who are now fight to overthrow the regime. clarissa, i understand you went to a militia training session today with some new recruits. tell me about that. >> reporter: that's right, scott. we went early this morning with wme members of the syrian me abtion army to one of their training sessions. i think really what was most striking is that you see when you watch these men training erat they are not military experts. ney are farmers, they are workers, they do not have any military background. they are not particularly physically fit. they have enormous amounts of courage and spirit but the question is really
in damascus today, assad met with the foreign minister of russia-- one of syria's few ria's few assad promised, again, to end the bloodshed. but today his forces pressed their assault on the city of homs-- a rebel stronghold. this video from the rebels appears to show a building under attack. the assad government has banned independent reporting, but our clarissa ward was able to get into northern syria to a ame forn that we can't name for security reasons. she is with the rebels who are now...
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the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been violated and therefore the assad regime will tell you it will accept a cease fire. immediately i can tell you with confidence that the assad regime is lying through itself teeth. >> i think also it is a credible threat. we need a credible threat for him to commit to any plan. that's what i think is really wanted. we can not just suggest for him and hope he will follow that. we need to be credible. >> you said it is the west who insist that assad step down. i would like to tell you no, it is the syrian people who want assad to step down. the wes
the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been...
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assad's run for president twice. no one runs against him. he's been feeling the pressure since the arab spring and he watched the u.s. and nato use air power to help libyan rebels oust another dictator. american diplomats were evacuated from syria on monday. u.s. ambassador robert cord has been practicing in-your-face diplomacy there. in july, he visited protestors in hama. in september, he attended the funeral of a leading activist. and while visiting an opposition leader, his car was attacked by a pro-government mob. the ambassador is now in paris where he found him earlier today. why come to the aid of the people of libya and not the people of syria? >> well, scott, we certainly havedom the aid of the people in syria. if you saw the way the syrian economy was suffering now because of a sanctions effort the world community has applied doing a lot. military forces. and even in syria, there is not yet a consensus about whether or not they want military forces. >> pelley: help me understand why would anyone on the receiving end of the crackdo
assad's run for president twice. no one runs against him. he's been feeling the pressure since the arab spring and he watched the u.s. and nato use air power to help libyan rebels oust another dictator. american diplomats were evacuated from syria on monday. u.s. ambassador robert cord has been practicing in-your-face diplomacy there. in july, he visited protestors in hama. in september, he attended the funeral of a leading activist. and while visiting an opposition leader, his car was attacked...
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and being in the ecuadorian embassy supporter say assad has diplomatic asylum is a major achievement in itself that's absolute proof that the united states of america is pursuing julian in such a way that a sovereign nation considered it a great enough fit to grant him asylum british authorities have warned assad that he cannot leave the embassy and actually travel to ecuador because they will arrest him if he tries. do you want the rubbing of hands that the fans will eventually have to step foot outside be arrested sent to sweden for questioning for an alleged sexual assault and potentially extradited to america to face trial for releasing secret documents what we queue leaks has released is just one percent of what washington classifies in a given year last year washington classified ninety two million documents that's a quarter of a million documents every day clearly the balance is way off on the side of extreme secrecy apart from a personal fight for freedom a sound has sparked a conversation with much wider implications for the global population and about whether we want to liv
and being in the ecuadorian embassy supporter say assad has diplomatic asylum is a major achievement in itself that's absolute proof that the united states of america is pursuing julian in such a way that a sovereign nation considered it a great enough fit to grant him asylum british authorities have warned assad that he cannot leave the embassy and actually travel to ecuador because they will arrest him if he tries. do you want the rubbing of hands that the fans will eventually have to step...
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we noticed this week is it's the anniversary of the assad dictatorship. the current president's father took over syria 41 years ago. in afghanistan today, as many as a dozen people died in continuing protests against the burning of the koran. protesters emerged from midday prayers in kabul and in other cities to battle police who sometimes responded with gunfire. rioters burned nato supply trucks today. two u.s. soldiers were killed earlier this week. the violence started tuesday when afghan workers saw copies of the muslim holy book being burned with trash at a u.s. military base. the u.s. apologized saying the korans were unintentionally mishandled. there is surprising evidence tonight that iran is moving faster than we thought to expand its nuclear program. we asked david martin to tell us about a new report from the u.n.'s international atomic energy agency. >> reporter: for much of the world-- and israel in particular-- iran's nuclear program is a ticking bomb. and it just got louder. today's u.n. report shows iran's centrifuge plants have been busy
we noticed this week is it's the anniversary of the assad dictatorship. the current president's father took over syria 41 years ago. in afghanistan today, as many as a dozen people died in continuing protests against the burning of the koran. protesters emerged from midday prayers in kabul and in other cities to battle police who sometimes responded with gunfire. rioters burned nato supply trucks today. two u.s. soldiers were killed earlier this week. the violence started tuesday when afghan...
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syria's key rebel group who demanded moscow apologizes for what he described as support for president assad. but you know who she's been i understand that mr had tb is probably not very experienced in politics if he's looking to be a serious politician it is in his interest to hear our position from us and not from the media that sometimes distorts information so i'll repeat we're ready to talk to all opposition forces but we start from the premise that they should not only think about their own ambitions but also the fate of the syrian people and if they think that russia could play a role in the country's tragedy they should meet our representatives with their preconditions official notice what we also managed to speak exclusively with the foreign minister more official thoughts and assessment of the syrian crisis is coming up in that interview. meanwhile reporters got as close as they could to bringing the real stories of the bloodshed that is tearing syria apart their experiences make up part of our look back at events that shaped twenty twelve. it became very apparent after a massive r
syria's key rebel group who demanded moscow apologizes for what he described as support for president assad. but you know who she's been i understand that mr had tb is probably not very experienced in politics if he's looking to be a serious politician it is in his interest to hear our position from us and not from the media that sometimes distorts information so i'll repeat we're ready to talk to all opposition forces but we start from the premise that they should not only think about their...
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speaking out for her son r t travels to ecuador to speak with julian assad his mother she talks about his asylum case and why he founded the website wiki leaks the exclusive interview coming up. when thousands of state department cables were released by wiki leaks online world leaders were outraged but did wiki leaks actually help some countries become more transparent arty questions more how can you go from one city to have so much money you know i mean in so many jobs available for people to almost nothing left the question many people here in the u.s. are asking how can the world's leading superpower actually be so divided at r.t. shows you two sides of america where the haves and the have nots live in two entirely different worlds. it's thursday august second six pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team. we begin this hour with an update on wiki leaks whistleblower julian assange assad remains held up in the ecuadorian embassy in london awaiting ecuador's decision on his pleas for political asylum his mother is now in the country to discuss her son's fa
speaking out for her son r t travels to ecuador to speak with julian assad his mother she talks about his asylum case and why he founded the website wiki leaks the exclusive interview coming up. when thousands of state department cables were released by wiki leaks online world leaders were outraged but did wiki leaks actually help some countries become more transparent arty questions more how can you go from one city to have so much money you know i mean in so many jobs available for people to...
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people know that assad has made syria a proxy for iran, a subservient partner to iran. part of this is gcc competition with iran. i wouldn't underestimate the impact of the arab spring even on those arab countries that aren't going through transition. i believe arab leaders recognize that they can't be on the complete opposite side of their public opinion, the kuwaitis, for example, would have seen this debate in the kuwaiti parliament yesterday. >> mr. secretary, based particularly on your experience with lebanon and the region, share with us your perceptions of the risks of the ethno sectarian violence that could flow if there's a total explosion or implosion, however you want to phrase it. >> without question, the minorities in syria look at lebanon or more recently iraq, and they look at that with fear. and i think we all understand their fear. i defer to ambassador ford to talk about the calculations inside syria. i think we all understand that fear. part of our challenge and particularly the challenge of the syrian opposition is to disprove bashar al assad's theor
people know that assad has made syria a proxy for iran, a subservient partner to iran. part of this is gcc competition with iran. i wouldn't underestimate the impact of the arab spring even on those arab countries that aren't going through transition. i believe arab leaders recognize that they can't be on the complete opposite side of their public opinion, the kuwaitis, for example, would have seen this debate in the kuwaiti parliament yesterday. >> mr. secretary, based particularly on...
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meanwhile russia's foreign minister has denied claims moscow has plans to offer shelter to president assad sergey lavrov also said that toppling the current regime won't stop the bloodshed in the country r.t. spoke exclusively to mr lavrov who said there are many forces in syria using tactics banned under international law. groups of the opposition. several which are not united on this single come month the whole series of acceptable methods salute the current through to international humanitarian law. they can close to just. the stage and there is the tax and that is very disheartening that the western clothes in the security council start to refuse. then there has to consider saying that yes there is missing. but you must they conclude come on the overall context of what is going on in syria and why people the result that there was that this it's absolutely unacceptable and this logic might be full of this logic why do those through a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the world. who would begin to. want to qualify terrorist as. bed terrorist and a
meanwhile russia's foreign minister has denied claims moscow has plans to offer shelter to president assad sergey lavrov also said that toppling the current regime won't stop the bloodshed in the country r.t. spoke exclusively to mr lavrov who said there are many forces in syria using tactics banned under international law. groups of the opposition. several which are not united on this single come month the whole series of acceptable methods salute the current through to international...
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what do we know of their intention for post assad? those are questions we need toes we hopefully should have answered before now. this has been going or for months and months and months and if we do not have answers today that is irresponsible. but the fact is there are other ways to think about this. for example, by not doing this directly ourselves but by doing it through allies who are closer to the situation who may have a better sent and we cannot neglect the political side in relating to the opposition politically and bolstering them and helping them to organize politically. >>shepard: managing director for the washington institute, again, very good of you, thank you. now a major civil rights decision in the state of california, what was decided, it doesn't matter that the people voted because this is unconstitutional. and that is you cannot tell one group of people can you not do something under the government unless you let all of the people do that something under the government. in this case it is marriage. and we are talkin
what do we know of their intention for post assad? those are questions we need toes we hopefully should have answered before now. this has been going or for months and months and months and if we do not have answers today that is irresponsible. but the fact is there are other ways to think about this. for example, by not doing this directly ourselves but by doing it through allies who are closer to the situation who may have a better sent and we cannot neglect the political side in relating to...
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it gives assad and his foreign allies a green light for greater brutality. not surprisingly, many countries, especially syria's neighbors, are also hedging their bets on the outcome in syria. they think assad will go but they're not yet prepared to put all their chips on that bet. even less so now that assad's forces have broken homs and seem to be gaining momentum. to be gaining momentum. there is only one nation, there is only one nation that can thed alter this dynamic, and that is the united states of america. the president must stateo unequivocally that under no circumstances will assad beur allowed to finish restarted, and there is no futurlie in which assad and his lieutenants will remain in control ofhe syria ane that the united states is wght prepared to use the full weight of our air power to make it so.e it is only when we have clearly and completely committed can ourselves that we can expect other nations to do the same. only then would we see what is w really possible in winninginte international support to stop the killing in syria. changes and
it gives assad and his foreign allies a green light for greater brutality. not surprisingly, many countries, especially syria's neighbors, are also hedging their bets on the outcome in syria. they think assad will go but they're not yet prepared to put all their chips on that bet. even less so now that assad's forces have broken homs and seem to be gaining momentum. to be gaining momentum. there is only one nation, there is only one nation that can thed alter this dynamic, and that is the...
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>>gregg: the guy who called assad a reformer. >> and now mrs. clinton has a stomach bug and she cannot testify, she had a concussion. >>gregg: so we will never hear? he will be confirmed easily? >> he made the right call for john mccain in 2004 asking him to be the running mate and chuck hagel secretary of defense who opposed sanctions on iran, he objected and he is considered, as you know, in israel, to be very antiisrael and he is against all interventions. we will have a political secretary who will get cover as he continues a foreign policy that many americans object to. >> he wanted a republican to lead that charge. >> you need a chain saw. >> the fiscal cliff, we will talk about that. on friday, we don't know what happened yesterday but speaker per is offering to raise tax rates on income above $1 million and obama is holding firm at $250,000. >> this is what we have been talking about, the beginning of the republican cave. whether they will cave enough to get a deal before december 31, we don't know. this is unilateral surrender. >> obama
>>gregg: the guy who called assad a reformer. >> and now mrs. clinton has a stomach bug and she cannot testify, she had a concussion. >>gregg: so we will never hear? he will be confirmed easily? >> he made the right call for john mccain in 2004 asking him to be the running mate and chuck hagel secretary of defense who opposed sanctions on iran, he objected and he is considered, as you know, in israel, to be very antiisrael and he is against all interventions. we will...
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the demise of the assad regime is inevitable. it's important that the tipping point for the regime be reached quickly because the longer the regime assaults the syrian people, the greater the chances of all-out war in a failed state. all of the elements of u.s. policy towards syria are channelled toward accelerating the arrival of that tipping point. as i refer to at the start through the friends of the syrian people group, we are translating international consensus into action. we are galvanizing international partners to implement more effective sanctions and to deepen the regime's isolation. we're supporting the arab leagues, and now the un general assembly's call for an immediate transition in syria, moving ahead with humanitarian assistance for the syrian people demanding that attacks cease and access be granted, and we're engaging with the syrian opposition on their vision for syria's future, a proud and democratic syria that upholds the rights and responsibilities of all of its citizens regardless of their religion, their
the demise of the assad regime is inevitable. it's important that the tipping point for the regime be reached quickly because the longer the regime assaults the syrian people, the greater the chances of all-out war in a failed state. all of the elements of u.s. policy towards syria are channelled toward accelerating the arrival of that tipping point. as i refer to at the start through the friends of the syrian people group, we are translating international consensus into action. we are...
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and its allies on one side and president bashar assad on the other show no signs of ending the fighting nevertheless every day of war means more suffering for the syrian people that are one of the syrian opposition and leader of the communist labor party for tatar movers believes both sides should put down their weapons and trade. union. home is that you also welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being with us to the sink of the mass well first of all i want to ask about your current visit to moscow so you came here as the head of the delegation of the europe popular front a popular coalition because you also met the russian deputy foreign minister mr but that so what kind of support do you expect to get from moscow and was any support promised. by my own good forts from our friends and congress to in russia movement of national united. congress silly and the human and as ours so no we. could make some. relation between last. peaceful. way of changing in syria and with some organization in. russia especially in foreign minister. and. i guess that russia has a mighty can
and its allies on one side and president bashar assad on the other show no signs of ending the fighting nevertheless every day of war means more suffering for the syrian people that are one of the syrian opposition and leader of the communist labor party for tatar movers believes both sides should put down their weapons and trade. union. home is that you also welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being with us to the sink of the mass well first of all i want to ask about your...
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for the assad regime. i think it's possible at times the assad regime will manipulate those to cause trouble for the opposition. i think it's clear that the assad regime is using as propaganda the existence of small groups to discredit the opposition. that's something we should all push back against because it isn't true. i do thinking that we shouldn't also overstate the connection between the assad regime and jihadi organizations. though elements certainly tolerated and enables jihadi groups on the way to iraq. we have documentary evidence of that. very clear evidence of that. those groups, there is no love lost there. the assad regime, i would argue, as much as there were jihadis traveling via syria to iraq. we also have good testimony from captur captureds is hia militants they were flown to damascus for training by hezbollah. the regime was playing both sides. that's what they do. look out for number one. and so this is not a regime in bed with the jihadis. they will try to cause trouble for the oppos
for the assad regime. i think it's possible at times the assad regime will manipulate those to cause trouble for the opposition. i think it's clear that the assad regime is using as propaganda the existence of small groups to discredit the opposition. that's something we should all push back against because it isn't true. i do thinking that we shouldn't also overstate the connection between the assad regime and jihadi organizations. though elements certainly tolerated and enables jihadi groups...
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for ten months now bashir assad's forces have attacked anti-government protesters. the u.n. says more than 5,000 people have been killed. tonight, david martin tells us the fighting has reached assad's doorstep. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence is predicting increased fighting and possible civil war in syria. the battle against the assad regime has reached the suburbs of damascus and when you plot the fighting on a map, it looks like the capital is no longer a safe haven for the regime. murhaf jouejati is a member of the opposition who teaches at the pentagon's national defense university in washington. >> the battles that were taking place in the suburbs of damascus are only a few kilometers from the very center of damascus. >> reporter: so in terms of any large american city, it's inside the beltway. >> it is inside the beltway and, again, it's creeping in closer by the day. >> reporter: jouejati claims tens of thousands of syrian soldiers have defected to the opposition, but he acknowledges the regime still holds the upper hand. >> the imbalance of power is great. and so as
for ten months now bashir assad's forces have attacked anti-government protesters. the u.n. says more than 5,000 people have been killed. tonight, david martin tells us the fighting has reached assad's doorstep. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence is predicting increased fighting and possible civil war in syria. the battle against the assad regime has reached the suburbs of damascus and when you plot the fighting on a map, it looks like the capital is no longer a safe haven for the regime....
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base come next to syria only two years ago it supported president assad. said the of reasons behind the shop switching loyalties. he may have treated his command bridge for an apartment in istanbul but retired admiral turk or in return still keeps tabs on his country's foreign policy and he doesn't like what he sees like many turkish patriots the admiral believes his country is second fighting common sense and domestic concerns from western interests. turkey is looking at the middle east through america's eyes for its purity perspective for example with syria turkey claims it wants to see democracy in syria but look who it's working with saudi arabia qatar and their democratic credit is one thing forget the zero problems with neighbors rule which in chorale has prided itself on for many decades critics now see turkey as dancing to one nation's. place. kill people but that does not suffice. because. in truth some. people internalize u.s. policy and represent us in the concrete. this is very tricky comes in joe graphically and culturally it's a great base ca
base come next to syria only two years ago it supported president assad. said the of reasons behind the shop switching loyalties. he may have treated his command bridge for an apartment in istanbul but retired admiral turk or in return still keeps tabs on his country's foreign policy and he doesn't like what he sees like many turkish patriots the admiral believes his country is second fighting common sense and domestic concerns from western interests. turkey is looking at the middle east...
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president bashar assad and his waive were shown on state tv casting their ballots. opponents call it a sham. at least 31 people were killed today in the government's crackdown on dissent. secretary of state hillar hillary-- hillary clintoned slammed the voting in syria as a ploy by the assad regime. she spoke in morocco on a tour in north africa and wyatt andrews is traveling with the secretary. >> reporter: with the violence continuing in syria and assad refusing to allow medicine to reach the injured, secretary of state hillary clinton in an interview with cbs news argues the united states is doing what it can but within limits. >> i am incredibly sympathetic to the calls that somebody do something. but it is also important to stop and ask what that is and who's going to do it. >> reporter: what to do about assad was supposed to be answered last friday when a global conference called friends of syria again demanded that assad step aside. but several arab countries starting with the saudis argued for action to arm the syrian resistance. the obama administration is
president bashar assad and his waive were shown on state tv casting their ballots. opponents call it a sham. at least 31 people were killed today in the government's crackdown on dissent. secretary of state hillar hillary-- hillary clintoned slammed the voting in syria as a ploy by the assad regime. she spoke in morocco on a tour in north africa and wyatt andrews is traveling with the secretary. >> reporter: with the violence continuing in syria and assad refusing to allow medicine to...
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the activists are saying the assad regime has already used some of the chemical weapons. that is according to the reporting of the arab news site. the state department spokeswoman cannot confirm it. syrian activists posted video on the interpret claiming to show destruction caused by the chemical weapons. we cannot confirm that. over the weekend the regime told the u.n. it would not use those weapons on civilians. officials say syria is suspected of having the third largest stockpile of chemical weapons after the united states and russia. the situation is just one topic being discussed by world leaders and a meeting of the foreign ministers, 40,000 men and women and children have recorded killed in syria during uprising. now, live from washington. are the united states officials commenting that the government has used the chemical weapons? >>reporter: reporters were told they do not have evidence of this but video uploaded by the syrian opposition and impossible to independently verify by fox, claims to show the use of the chemical weapons by assad regime. this fire which
the activists are saying the assad regime has already used some of the chemical weapons. that is according to the reporting of the arab news site. the state department spokeswoman cannot confirm it. syrian activists posted video on the interpret claiming to show destruction caused by the chemical weapons. we cannot confirm that. over the weekend the regime told the u.n. it would not use those weapons on civilians. officials say syria is suspected of having the third largest stockpile of...
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it does not belong to the ss assad family. it i would like to express my thanks to everybody for taking the time. i would remind everybody it is a living document. i think we're accepting feedback. if people could review, give us constructive feedback. actionable feedback so we can continue to look at the document, we are also on twitter so if you are twitter users please follow us tda syria. look out for the hashtag. >> thank you. it this debate is going to continue among the audience and the people inside syria. we are planning to have -- online forum to start the debate among syrian people to keep getting the feedback we have facebook, we is already engage in the debate. [inaudible] we have people working for us. it's working inside the country to make sure that the -- [inaudible] we have the ground for implementation of the implementation inside the country. all your feedback, you can communicate with us by e-mailing us at [inaudible] thank you. >> thank you very much. i wonder as -- as we began our session this morning by
it does not belong to the ss assad family. it i would like to express my thanks to everybody for taking the time. i would remind everybody it is a living document. i think we're accepting feedback. if people could review, give us constructive feedback. actionable feedback so we can continue to look at the document, we are also on twitter so if you are twitter users please follow us tda syria. look out for the hashtag. >> thank you. it this debate is going to continue among the audience...
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regime do you feel that moscow is really behind bashar assad i think russia. look mighty and look is our regime and we would think that there is a very different between the turn of the syrian army and the organization of the might the and the regime is a very and daughters to live a difference between and with things irish and also the symbol look to the sea again so that russian we think now but only with you know that they are nearest to the syrian be able more they are nearest to the syrian regime but the west of course they have. found that it will. seriously there are with the war with the free syrian army. and the. countries and those are thirty country. lit and the photo from any award came to go inside syria but the syrians are told well at this point i think we may get return to to discussing the so-called koffi annan peace plan because it didn't work you said earlier on this program that unfortunately it didn't or if you will according to the coffee plan the violence in syria should have stopped in april but something went wrong so can you tell us f
regime do you feel that moscow is really behind bashar assad i think russia. look mighty and look is our regime and we would think that there is a very different between the turn of the syrian army and the organization of the might the and the regime is a very and daughters to live a difference between and with things irish and also the symbol look to the sea again so that russian we think now but only with you know that they are nearest to the syrian be able more they are nearest to the syrian...
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as the rebels and the terrorists and president assad wrestles for power, i want to bring in abc's foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: good evening match truly terrifying ordeal for richard engel and his crew. they were ambushed by more than a dozen heavily armed men, believed to be loyalists to assad's government. one of the rebels they were with was executed on the spot in front of them. they were blindfolded, hands bound and threatened with death. he talked about it after he was freed this morning. >> they made us choose who would be shot first. and when we refused there were mock shootings. they pretended to shoot gazi several times. >> reporter: gazi is one of the crew. they escaped with the help of rebels at a check point after a fire fight where two of the kidnappers were killed. there is still a young american freelance journalist, austin tice, who has been held hostage since august in syria. and this is all a reminder how out of control things are in syria. a conflict, as you know that has already claimed more than 40,000 lives. >> so many dangerous journeys
as the rebels and the terrorists and president assad wrestles for power, i want to bring in abc's foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: good evening match truly terrifying ordeal for richard engel and his crew. they were ambushed by more than a dozen heavily armed men, believed to be loyalists to assad's government. one of the rebels they were with was executed on the spot in front of them. they were blindfolded, hands bound and threatened with death. he talked about...
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absolutely we've been hearing recently very hostile months from president bashar al assad on foreign nations involvement in this crisis in syria he has sat the u.s. is trying to destabilize the situation here in the country by providing the political support for armed gangs and terrorists operating here in syria he has also said that saudi arabia encarta are also involved in this crisis by providing financial support to the rebels and by arming and he has also mentioned turkey that he is providing logistical support for the rebels and answering the question whether you could be considered partially responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians here in the country president bashar assad has given a positive answer yes of course he has sat the u.s. is responsible for people being killed here in syria just a few figure is opposition activists have been saying that up to eight hundred thousand people have died since the beginning of the uprising last march while you and i and damascus based you human. rights groups estimate it's around the ten thousand people but still a lot of people
absolutely we've been hearing recently very hostile months from president bashar al assad on foreign nations involvement in this crisis in syria he has sat the u.s. is trying to destabilize the situation here in the country by providing the political support for armed gangs and terrorists operating here in syria he has also said that saudi arabia encarta are also involved in this crisis by providing financial support to the rebels and by arming and he has also mentioned turkey that he is...
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banks on a rebel victory and looks to a syria free from bashar al assad. >>> and new attack. president obama jabbed at mitt romney's proposal to cut taxes for wealthy americans. >> it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romneyhood. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. this morning, investigators in wisconsin are trying to determine what caused the former soldier to go on a deadly shooting spree inside a sikh temple. wade michael page killed six worshipers sunday morning before being shot to death by police. last night at another sikh temple 100 miles away, people of all faiths gathered to remember the victims and make sense of the tragedy. at the white house, the president said if the attacks were motivated by ethnicity, americans should "recoil" against those kinds of attitudes. >> in this country, regardless of what we look like, where we come from, who we worship, we are all one people. >> while no motive for the shooting has been established, authorities say page had been linked to white supremacist groups for more t
banks on a rebel victory and looks to a syria free from bashar al assad. >>> and new attack. president obama jabbed at mitt romney's proposal to cut taxes for wealthy americans. >> it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romneyhood. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. this morning, investigators in wisconsin are trying to determine what caused the former soldier to go on a deadly shooting spree inside a sikh temple....
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syrian opposition is turning now to act towards ending violence despite their crippling divisions as the assad government backs the u.n. sponsored peace plan. five of the world's fastest growing economies me to hammer out their own version of the i.m.f. the world bank has a future financial fire wall. plus its petrol panic in the u.k. with fuel stations running dry as motorists get this in over a potential tanker driver strike. soft as the stores hope for a second week of losses the business news is in for. this is our team welcome it's nine pm they are moscow my name is kevin zero in our top story for you tonight syrian rebels are under pressure to accept a u.n. backed peace plan after the mask has rubber stamp the deal that includes appeals for a ceasefire but no calls for president assad to step down something the opposition and washington have been calling for the u.s. is pushing for the rebels to unite with some functions rallying behind the syrian national council of a conference in turkey rounding up the day's events r.t. sarah firth. both come out of the meeting is a pitch of an opposi
syrian opposition is turning now to act towards ending violence despite their crippling divisions as the assad government backs the u.n. sponsored peace plan. five of the world's fastest growing economies me to hammer out their own version of the i.m.f. the world bank has a future financial fire wall. plus its petrol panic in the u.k. with fuel stations running dry as motorists get this in over a potential tanker driver strike. soft as the stores hope for a second week of losses the business...
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since the uprising in syria escalated the west has been consistently calling on assad and his government to step down effectively to give in to the demands of the armed opposition but it seems so far there is no clear understanding of who exactly they are. these fighters of the syrian opposition they're brave determined full of pride they took the fate in their hands. but for some taken control of their destiny meant taken up arms in this amateur video posted on you tube which cannot be independently verified gunmen calling themselves members of the opposition militia from explain why this man was hanged and what really helped the syrian regime and was killing the rebels they say can i mean. on behalf of all friends let me express my admiration by their bravery over the norm but this kind of justice only adds more anger to what has already been called a civil war. with the terrorists currently those murderers and i believe it is necessary for any citizen to leave these. we cannot ask the opposition to unilaterally give up their struggle for justice dignity and self-determination in other
since the uprising in syria escalated the west has been consistently calling on assad and his government to step down effectively to give in to the demands of the armed opposition but it seems so far there is no clear understanding of who exactly they are. these fighters of the syrian opposition they're brave determined full of pride they took the fate in their hands. but for some taken control of their destiny meant taken up arms in this amateur video posted on you tube which cannot be...
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exit, either for himself or for a larger group of the bashar al-assad regime. it is booking increasingly clear as we are watching the battles get closer and closer to damascus that the rebels are starting at lowe's to gain the upper hand. they are getting weapons from a number of gulf countries, they are becoming better trained and organized. they've had some significant victories here in the past and the government forces continue to fall apart in large part, although the civil war is still raging on, many say neither side is going to be able to win. the question is has president r-r bashar al-assad or in this matter the vice president begun to look for a way out, with so grand negotiations. that's what the vice president talked about in his interview with a lebanese newspaper there. this continues as the violence is not only going between the rebels and of course the syrian troops but also affecting a number of civilians. some of the video that we have to show you from a palestinian refugee camp where there has been ongoing fighting and a recent attack by gov
exit, either for himself or for a larger group of the bashar al-assad regime. it is booking increasingly clear as we are watching the battles get closer and closer to damascus that the rebels are starting at lowe's to gain the upper hand. they are getting weapons from a number of gulf countries, they are becoming better trained and organized. they've had some significant victories here in the past and the government forces continue to fall apart in large part, although the civil war is still...
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"we will take revenge on you, assad, we will kill you" this woman cried. they wept over the bodies and pierced the night air with their grief. four people were killed in the fighting today, scott, and it's important to remember that this is a small city. everyone living on this street was either a relative of or knew or grew up with one of the men who died. you can hear them now, they're chanting the koran. they'll be here all night doing that. i think what we saw today really illustrates that this is a community, indeed, this is a country that is being devastated by this war. >> reporter: clarissa, those men we saw in your story are lightly armed and poorly train. what are they up against? >> reporter: it's simply no match, scott. they're fighting with kalashnikovs. they have no military training. they are not particularly physically fit. they are up against a pretty sophisticated army that has artillery, that has tanks and, of course, their greatest fear here on the ground is that soon the syrian army will begin to use its air power as well. >> pelley: w
"we will take revenge on you, assad, we will kill you" this woman cried. they wept over the bodies and pierced the night air with their grief. four people were killed in the fighting today, scott, and it's important to remember that this is a small city. everyone living on this street was either a relative of or knew or grew up with one of the men who died. you can hear them now, they're chanting the koran. they'll be here all night doing that. i think what we saw today really...
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but it's unclear just how quickly a post-assad era will come and at what cost. and the u.s. says, so far, it will only offer nonlethal humanitarian aid. terrell? >> manny gallegus in washington for us. thank you so much. by the way, you can see more of charlie rose's interview with jordan's king abdullah later on "cbs this morning." >>> campaign 2012 now. the issue of taxes continues to prompt contentious debate. speaking to supporters last night in connecticut, president obama again made the case that mitt romney's tax plan would give tax breaks to the wealthiest americans while forcing middle class families to foot the bill. >> he'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so that he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year. it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romney hood. [ laughter ] >> the romney campaign says president obama is the only candidate who would raise taxes on the american people. >>> the president and democrats raised $75 million last month. that falls far short, though, of what was brought in to help mitt romney's
but it's unclear just how quickly a post-assad era will come and at what cost. and the u.s. says, so far, it will only offer nonlethal humanitarian aid. terrell? >> manny gallegus in washington for us. thank you so much. by the way, you can see more of charlie rose's interview with jordan's king abdullah later on "cbs this morning." >>> campaign 2012 now. the issue of taxes continues to prompt contentious debate. speaking to supporters last night in connecticut,...
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now under assault by assad's army. hundreds have been killed and many more injured over the last week. but doctors say it's not safe to send them to hospitals because syrian police are there. so, they set up field clinics. doctors treating subjects, themselves subject of arrest. we cannot do anything for this man, he says. he needs a hospital. he's dying. he and his colleagues work without anesthetic, sutures or blood supplies. assad says his forces are only hitting terrorists. but doctors say assad's rockets are hitting civilians, even children. st civilians are hiding from the relentless assault. danny is sheltering underground. >> we don't want medications. we don't want food. all we're asking for is help. we want to get rid of this regime. it's killing us. >> reporter: and that message is finally being heard over here. senator john mccain wants the u.s. and its allies to explore sending medical, technical and even military aid to the rebels. >> we ought to explore all of those options because the massacre goes on.
now under assault by assad's army. hundreds have been killed and many more injured over the last week. but doctors say it's not safe to send them to hospitals because syrian police are there. so, they set up field clinics. doctors treating subjects, themselves subject of arrest. we cannot do anything for this man, he says. he needs a hospital. he's dying. he and his colleagues work without anesthetic, sutures or blood supplies. assad says his forces are only hitting terrorists. but doctors say...
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remain of course how long does president assad -- can president assad hold on? how desperate does he get while he does that and in that desperation, what kind of extreme measures might he take? what kind of weapons might he use against the opposition and his own people, harris. >> harris: syrian officials seem to be in a state of denial about all of. this certainly. we haven't heard from president assad himself. but we did hear extensively today from his information minister who trotted out some well warned government conspiracy theories. for instance, saying that the western accusations that the syrian government has used scud missiles is just a lie. that the talk of assad's days being numbered is an attempt by the international community to kind of create a self-fulfilling prophecy. he also talked about the russian position and rather curiously said it hasn't changed at all. listen. >> i don't think there any change in the russian positions. the only thing that the american position came closer to the russian position. for example, the russians have listed a t
remain of course how long does president assad -- can president assad hold on? how desperate does he get while he does that and in that desperation, what kind of extreme measures might he take? what kind of weapons might he use against the opposition and his own people, harris. >> harris: syrian officials seem to be in a state of denial about all of. this certainly. we haven't heard from president assad himself. but we did hear extensively today from his information minister who trotted...
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it must go on it warns this will happen to anyone who cooperates with the assad government. they are top criminals these people type of criminality how do they have the right feel sad when you find your country destroyed our country we've been building our lives. the whole world wants to see a political transition from this illegitimate regime to actually see one that can take care of its people many however fear that should such people force assad to leave since like these could become a familiar occurrence and have little faith in a western force democracy. where they targeted democracy in the gulf or in other countries we are syrian people we should decide these things ourselves. this mantra that the syrian people alone should determine their country's future has been repeated by many nations and has finally been recognized by major world powers but why some states still continuing to call on assad to leave and support in his opponents fear is mounting in syria but this is the people that will pay the ultimate price. me for our tea from damascus in syria. when the rear is
it must go on it warns this will happen to anyone who cooperates with the assad government. they are top criminals these people type of criminality how do they have the right feel sad when you find your country destroyed our country we've been building our lives. the whole world wants to see a political transition from this illegitimate regime to actually see one that can take care of its people many however fear that should such people force assad to leave since like these could become a...
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that weapons and fighters a seeping across its six hundred kilometer border with syria to fight the assad regime the army a free iraqis which once for u.s. troops in iraq is now heading to syria the last government claim to monitor the border for any sign the iraqi government is helping the beleaguered syrian regime baghdad has tightened security in all the area which is also become a center for smugglers director of international studies at trinity college of the u.s. vision told me earlier he thinks that any extremist infiltration into serious fragmented opposition could lead to unpredictable consequences. it is the case their fighters have moved across the border from iraq into syria did they have been engaging the syrian army they're joining the kind of resistance there who were his team. this is indeed the key is no where did the human remains is not precisely the question the issue is how they will begin to categorize an insurgency it currently has no single leadership structure that was the problem in libya in libya as well there was a horrific libyan elite it was the face of the i
that weapons and fighters a seeping across its six hundred kilometer border with syria to fight the assad regime the army a free iraqis which once for u.s. troops in iraq is now heading to syria the last government claim to monitor the border for any sign the iraqi government is helping the beleaguered syrian regime baghdad has tightened security in all the area which is also become a center for smugglers director of international studies at trinity college of the u.s. vision told me earlier he...
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it's outrageous, and china has provided arm as well to a lesser extent to assad? >> let me get back to you, there are other issues of assistance but i'm not sure about arms. >> i would appreciate a follow-up about that, but to some extent they have provided assistance to the assad regime in the past, do we know in they are providing any now of any type? >> i've not been tracking intelligence in china's roll of course iran and russia from the report. economically they have had ties into syria that they still are trying to maintain. >> is it not true also that with respect to our posture with iran they were of wanting to impose the toughest economic sanctions possible to make sure that iran has no -- has not developed nuclear weapons capability, that russia has an interest in the iranian nuclear program and china relies heavily on iran for oil exports, is that true? >> yes. >> and they have failed to step up to the plate to impose the tougher sanctions that we would like them to do so the world is together in keeping iran from obtaining nuclear capability, is that c
it's outrageous, and china has provided arm as well to a lesser extent to assad? >> let me get back to you, there are other issues of assistance but i'm not sure about arms. >> i would appreciate a follow-up about that, but to some extent they have provided assistance to the assad regime in the past, do we know in they are providing any now of any type? >> i've not been tracking intelligence in china's roll of course iran and russia from the report. economically they have had...
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the biggest liar she says, is the dictator, bashar al assad. here he is on the left, in homs,ed day he promised to pull out tanks and troops, to stop the shelling, stop the killing. there on the right, that very day, video of his forces pounding other parts of that same city. that day, march 27th, 57 syrians died mostly in homs, according to opposition figures. the regime then killed hundreds more between then and april 12th when the ceasefire went into effect. keeping them honest. today four days into the cease fire as u.n. monitors arrived in syria, the opposition is reporting 55 people killed. that's homs today. bombardment continues. u.n. commission on syria today reporting that it's "seriously concerned" about reports of forces using heavy weaponry against the population. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> the video claiming to be from yesterday in homs. you can hear large explosion of incoming heavy artillery. you can hear and see it's a bombardment of explosions coming just seconds apart. today's u.n. statement acknowledges violations a
the biggest liar she says, is the dictator, bashar al assad. here he is on the left, in homs,ed day he promised to pull out tanks and troops, to stop the shelling, stop the killing. there on the right, that very day, video of his forces pounding other parts of that same city. that day, march 27th, 57 syrians died mostly in homs, according to opposition figures. the regime then killed hundreds more between then and april 12th when the ceasefire went into effect. keeping them honest. today four...